Aug 27th - Sept 2nd

Aug 27th - Sep 2nd
Working this week as usual. The Missionary work is going well. We have had a decrease of people visiting us here at Winter Quarters. We will see a few tours a week, but the summer traffic is slowing down. We are still being busy doing other things.
Sister White was in charge of our monthly Senior dinner. She was a stressed by it, but after all the planning it came off really well. The dinner was great and the activity we enjoyable. (Remember always, All things are possible with the Lord's help)
After taking a mission survey, I realized I need to increase my efforts to feel the Spirit even more. Elder White takes daily tours, what could help me?  So it was interesting that as I sat at the desk one father on tour came over and shared a picture he had just taken with me (which has never happened before). As he continued to talk I found they had just met the 5 year old boy they had donated their 2 month old son's heart to when he was 8 months old.  Wow it made me thankful again when we have healthy children and grandchildren!!
We are blessed to have such good friends out here. We have gained a whole new set of friends. Getting to know each of them is rewarding, and we hope that these friendship will last a long time after our mission is through.

Draper, William, Autobiography, 1881, 33.

RELATED COMPANIES
George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company (1849)
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John Hyrum Green

. . .now it was in the Spring of 1849) i was counseled to imigrate to Salt lake that season) i responded to the call and made speedy Preparation to go with co[mpany] that was to imigrate that season on the 5 th of July i bid farewell to my home and friends at Council Point and started to join the co at old winter quarters. Where they were wa(i)ting to organize for the travel and when i arrived we was organized and i was apointed by Geo[rge] A Smith to take part in the oversight of the traveling co in connection with judg[e] [William I.] Ap[p]l[e]by and judg[e] [Isaac] Clark[.] We then started out to cross the Plains for Great Salt lake[.] we traveled on slowly and nothing special ocured worthy of note thare but little sickness and no deaths in camp)[.] But i will name one little insident that occured on the 2 nd of October near the South Pass[.] We was cau[gh]t in a great storm that lasted 36 hours which killed over 70 head of our cattle and horses: that weakened our team some; But after the storm ceased we shoveled our way out and traveled on again[.] We did not travel many miles untill we came to where thare was no snow and all was fair weather. Which continued untill the 26 of October when we arived safe in Salt lake City. and broke up camp entirely. having been four months & a half on the Plains. But was happy now to meet with our Bretheren that had also come up through great tribulation and made them a home in the m[oun]t[ain]s
[Variant version of text also in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. (1958-77), 15:82]

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